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Old 09-20-2003, 02:16 AM   #41
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Name (that you go by): Katie
Age: 16

Occupation: Studnet, but i work part time at Myers.

Future Aspirations: Ha! The youngest prittiest Prime Minister of Australia... only in my head.. NOTE: I would never go into politics unless i were headless.

Goal in life: To many to put here, Id love to be a pilates instructor, but probably id love to be a publicist for anyone! Or their Pilates instructor [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img].

Short term goals: To get through the end of year exams which are in 6 weeks. (ok we work different years in Australia.)Try not to turn muself inside out at Pilates, Pass my ballet exam.

Passion: Watching entertainment programmes, reading every magazine i can get my hands on.

Hobbies: Collecting Vintage pieces, Jewelery, clothes (i LOVE shopping)

Famous for: Useless facts. Sad but true, some of my frineds say im a little obsessed with olden day movies, since im the only one in my grade that has seen the stuff! All in all, The chick who tries to hold pilates classes during lunch.

Fave book: Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice.
Fave movie: Gone with the wind, Breakfast at Tiffany's, No man of her own, The rainmaker (Katharine Hepburn one) Sabrina (audrey Hepburn one) High Society, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Niagra, Calamity jane, Morning Glory, Cleopatra, Lord of the rings, Chicago, Cabaret.

Fave sport: Pilates (did ya guess?) Ballet NOT RUGBY LEAGUE.
Fave store: Zuu Zuu, Canterbury Lace Sampson Et, Lola Molleni, Anything that sells clothing of the modern/vintage variety.

Fave music: Jazz, i LOVE Jazz, lately, the Chicago soundtrack.

What you can't stand: Like Finwe, people who are constantly preaching to me. ( i cant stand people who force religion on others)

What you plain dislike: The footy boys being given lockers at school, while the rest of us have to suffer carrying around all our textbooks and breaking our backs.

Who you admire: My pilates instructor Autumn, Catherine Zeta Jones, Greta Garbo, Audrey Hepburn, Jean Harlowe, Marilyn Monroe, My sister Haley who dealt with two broken legs and danced again! My awesome friends, the delai lama for his book "The guide to happiness" Sister Mary Teresa.

What you most love to do: Go an explore ruins in Cambodia.
Your self-confessed flaws: I am a little to "out of it" sometimes, i take nothing seriously.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Goldfish, they just swim around and around and around and around all day...

What scares you: Gollum and world leaders (apparently they apeak for all of us whether we like it or not...)

Quotation to live by: "A life without risk is not a life worth living" - Marilyn Monroe.

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Old 09-24-2003, 08:21 PM   #42
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Well, here goes...

Name (that you go by): Alatariel

Age:13,502 years have I lived in this world

Occupationrisoner in one of the worst prisons in the world... -.- school...

Future Aspirations: To steal Agent Lofty's tie and the popcorn award in his fride

Goal in life: the forementioned

Short term goals:To get out of the prison (school)

Passion:Lord of the Rings, Rolepleying (Inns atleast, which I consider RP)

Hobbies: Roleplaying, chatting on my forum (and here)

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): brag? Im not the one to brag... I do think I am a good writer, but I wouldnt brag about it... Im not really famous for anything...

Fave book: The Hobbit

Fave movie: The Lord of The Rings Trilogy (of course!)

Fave sport: RPGing (if that counts...)

Fave store: umm tolkientown.com? I guess...

Fave music: A wide variaty... mainly LoTR soundtracks and stuff of that sort

What you can't stand:Preps, HP fans, HP its self!!!, peeps that dis LOTR, rude peeps, peeps that think they are better then everyone else... so on so forth

What you plain dislike: Harry Potter

Who you admire: Tolkein, my best friend (yes I do if you are reading this),Agent Lofty

What you most love to do: Read, chat online, post on wonderful forums like this, post in the inns, yeah...

Your self-confessed flaws: There is lots, but I dont really feel like listing them...
What intrigues/fascinates you: Lord of the Rings, someone that is as passionate over it as I, people who live life without worrying about silly and stupid things

What scares you: living a life where you can't live it. Having no life, no fun. Being sufficated of my need to be on such places as here, expressing my feelings, not being able to talk to my friend who lives thousands of miles away in Morder, being in hell for eternity, knowing that some of your friends may be there, being unable to enjoy all the riches life has to offer, having to be tied down with all the stress, I could go on and on but I wont...

Quotation to live by:
Éowyn:
The women of this country learned long ago that those without swords may still die upon them. I fear neither death nor pain.
Aragorn:
What do you fear my lady?
Éowyn:
A cage. To stay behind bars until use and old age accept them. And all chance of valor has gone beyond recall or desire.
Aragorn:
You are a daughter of kings. A shieldmaiden of Rohan. I do not think that will be your fate. (yeah... mostly the stuff Eowyn said...


Additional comments: Lord of the Rings RULES!!! umm yeah *hids behind the nearest bush* A reflex from all the squeaky objects! To all you on my forum...

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Old 10-04-2003, 09:47 AM   #43
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Name (that you go by): just call me Imirie

Age: 14.8

Occupation: I am still at school so that would make me a student

Future Aspirations: I haven’t decided on a specific profession but I would like to have something to do with Law or Journalism.

Goal in life: to make a difference in at least one person’s life!

Short term goals: to finish this years exams with a high mark

Passion: I have a passion for reading, socialising & playing on my guitar

Hobbies: singing, writing, playing guitar, reading & swimming

Famous for: being a complete perfectionist & for being really impatient

Fave book: Lord of the Rings, CS Lewis, the classic epics.

Fave movie: LotR, Gone with the Wind, Sound of Music and Alice in Wonderland

Fave sport: badminton and swimming.

Fave store: Exclusive Books, Musica & Woolworths

Fave music: everything and anything

What you can't stand: people who fidget and who hold grudges

What you plainly dislike: ‘fidgeters’ & unforgiving people

Who you admire: my mother and my best friend.

What you most love to do: read, sing and play on my guitar.

Your self-confessed flaws: laziness

What intrigues/fascinates you: Middle-earth, people, languages & cultures

What scares you: spiders, snakes puppets, clowns & having peanut butter stuck on my pallet.

Quotation to live by: I don’t have one
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Old 10-06-2003, 08:00 PM   #44
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Name (that you go by): Araathwen

Age: not telling precious...

Occupation: Dog obedience instructor

Future Aspirations: To move to a warmer climate in Oz

Goal in life: to travel to New Zealand and the United States.

Short term goals: finish painting my house.

Passion: Good movies, books and this PC I'm superglued to.

Hobbies: Training my dogs and horses.

Famous for: being bulldog determined to succeed at everything I undertake.

Fave book: All Tolkein books and those of David Eddings.

Fave movie: Lord of the Rings, Ever After and George of the Jungle [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Fave sport: Dog Agility (you need to be able to run) [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Fave store: Anyone that has fantasy things in it.

Fave music: everything except hard rock and rap.

What you can't stand: obnoxious know-it-all people

What you plainly dislike: liars and cheats

Who you admire: my best friend, Carol

What you most love to do: browse the web for interesting sites

Your self-confessed flaws: laziness

What intrigues/fascinates you: great movies and their locations

What scares you: poisonous snakes

Quotation to live by: All good things come to those who wait.
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Old 10-08-2003, 01:23 AM   #45
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Name (that you go by): Well, I'm known as Arwen on the internet
Age: 18

Occupation: aspiring writer

Future Aspirations: To be a great writer, guitarist, and to get married and have kids

Goal in life: to fulfill my future aspirations!

Short term goals: to get a lot better at guitar

Passion: being a Christian, reading, writing, and playing my guitar

Hobbies: reading, writing, guitar

Famous for: being a LotR fan [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] wanting to play the guitar

Fave book: Lord of the Rings, Chronicles of Narnia

Fave movie: LotR, Pirates of the Caribbean,

Fave sport: baseball and football

Fave store: Books-a-Million, FYE

Fave music: Bluegrass, soundtracks to my fave movies

What you can't stand: people who try to manipulate me, waiting for the next LotR movie to come out

What you plainly dislike: snobs & unforgiving people

Who you admire: one of my friends, Arwen, Aragorn, Frodo, Tolkien

What you most love to do: read, write, go out with my friends, and play on my guitar.

Your self-confessed flaws: being too perfectionistic, and letting my mind wander when I should be listening to someone

What intrigues/fascinates you: Middle-earth, people, Ireland, Scotland

What scares you: spiders, scorpians, deep water

Quotation to live by: All that is gold does not glitter.

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Old 10-11-2003, 01:07 AM   #46
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Hello everyone! I'm bored so I think I shall do this again and its been awhile so I have more junk to add.
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Name (that you go by):Kenny(by my friends), Ken(by others), or Kenneth(when my mom is yelling at me).

Age:18

Occupation: student that is about to graduate. Actually, I could graduate at the end of December but I want to take European History AP, just because I like history, so I'm doing the full year. Oh well...

Future Aspirations: A man with a good wife, good family, good job, and an Army Reserve officer, maybe. First there's college but before that, my mission... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Goal in life: To live, not merely exist.

Short term goals: Get a job to pay for that mission next year and after that, college.

Passion: Ahhhh, American history! [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img] Especially the American Revolution, Civil War, WWI, WWII. The CW is my best area though.

Hobbies: CW reenacting, sports, reading, computer gaming with my uncle, writing "stuff"(poetry just sounds kind of wimpy to me, but hey, thats what it is), my violin...

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Having the weird nickname of "nogs." Please, don't ask...

Fave book: Stephen King's "Misery" and "Salem's Lot." (Pet Cememtary was just plain scary and I never finished it. There's just something about a 3 year old boy zombie stabbing his mother to death with a scalpel that just freaks me out.) Also, To Kill A Mockingbird(where did all those "Atticus" t-shirts come from that all the punks and goth kids are wearing? I bet they haven't even read the book), Frankenstein, Withering Heights, Gods and Generals, The Last Full Measure, Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park:The Lost World. And many others...

Fave movie: HBO's Band of Brothers, Saving Private Ryan, The Patriot, Frailty, Gettysburg, Les Miserables, The Count of Monte Cristo, A Beautiful Mind, Dumb and Dumber, Ace Ventura(both of them), K-Pax, LOTR, The Lost Battalion, Dragonfly, Dances With Wolves, Gods and Generals, Henry V, Hamlet...the list can go on and on and on.

Fave sport: Football, Basketball, you know, the usual.

Fave store: Wherever I decide to go at the moment.

Fave music: INCUBUS RULES!!!! AND SO DOES TOOL!!! Chevelle, Linkin Park, Our Lady Peace, Disturbed, Amethystium, Enya, and Beethoven's violin concerto, especially the one in Band of Brothers. I think its Op.131.

What you can't stand: People hating others because of who they are. And people who don't use their stinkin' brains to think things through.

What you plain dislike: Liberals [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

I'm going to add "What you think is weird" so that you can put stuff you think is weird but you don't dislike or can't stand: Truthfully, I think the "New Silmarillion" section on the forum is kind of weird with all the translating of elvish and canonizing stuff and the philosophical discussion of LOTR, but hey, people think CW reenacting is weird too. Whatever floats your boat...

Who you admire: Pres. Bush for believing in doing the right thing even if most of Europe is doomed to repeat the mistakes it made during the 1930's leading up to WWII. France, Germany, and Russia should just be thankful that I'M not president...too bad. [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

What you most love to do: Argue about politics, listen to Michael Savage, and all the hobby stuff.

Your self-confessed flaws: Hmmmm, there must be some flaws here somewhere... [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

What intrigues/fascinates you: People's opinion and point of view. Does that sound weird to you?

What scares you: I don't know. Not death at least because we only get to die once so I'm making sure my death is a good one.

Quotation to live by: Don't follow in other people's footsteps. Just make your own.

Additional comments: Why are you reading this?
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Old 10-17-2003, 04:56 AM   #47
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Name (that you go by): Can't say, sorry...but it isn't Willie [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
Age: Older than I look
Occupation: Student
Future Aspirations: Graduate from college, get a job, get married, and start a family.
Goal in life: To be happy and to make others happy, never to forget who I am, and to live.
Short term goals: Get a job, and schedule my time better
Passion: Thinking, drinking, counter-strike, reading good books, music, skateboarding, and friends and family.
Hobbies: Videogames, particulary counter-strike, listening to music, hangin out with my friends
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Drinking 5 forties in one night, and my nickname.

Fave book: The Lord of the Rings....or to be exact, The Fellowship of the Ring, Angela's Ashes, The Dubliners, The Calvin and Hobbes series, Watership Down, The Plague Dogs, Dracula, White Fang, The Call of the Wild, The Silmarillion.
Fave movie: Quite a few here and not in any order- TLotR: TFotR, Scarface, Brother, Enemy at the Gates, The Man Without a Face, Braveheart, Boondock Saints, Confidence, Modus Operandi, Snatch, All quiet on the Western Front, The War of the Buttons, Congo, The Wilderness Family (A pretty corny movie, but me and my brother love to watch it and luagh), The animated LotR, The Professional (I think it goes by another name in Europe...starts with a C I think), The Good the Bad and the Ugly, The Sundance Kid and Butch Cassidy, Gladiator, Saving Silverman, The Dirty Harry series, A Fistful of Dollars, Hang Em High, Full Metal Jacket, Menace 2 Society, Black Hawk Down, American History X, From Hell, and I know there's other movies, I just can't remember at the time.
Fave sport: Hurling, Gaelic Footbal, skatebaording, and basketball.
Fave store: Copelands, Glass and Bottle or Wiley's, Borders, Electronics Botique, Costco, and Gamestop.
Fave music: A lot here....rock- Alice in Chains, Black Sabbath, Metallica, Joe Satriani, Van Halen, Lynard Skynard, Boston, Rush, Dio, Janes Addiction, Soundgarder, Stone Temple Pilots, Jimi Hendrix, and many many more.

Rap- Andre Nickatina (Dre Dog), Brotha Lynch Hung, X-Raided, C-Bo, Tray D, Tec-9 Equipto, I.M.P., Bone Thugs N' Harmony, Kurupt, Snoop Dogg, Tupac, Luniz, Westside Connections, Mac Dre, Cougnut, Saafir, Cellski, and Richie Rich.

What you can't stand: In counter-strike- spawn killers, team stackers, team blockers, admin abuse, and especially people who say I hack; bad luck; muggers; bullies; and other things I'm sure.
What you plain dislike: Coconut, ketchup, jerks, and protestors.
Who you admire: Andre Nickatina, my Father and Mother, my Godfather, my Uncle's, my Aunt, my Grandfathers, Barry Bonds, Frank McCourt, Kevin Barry, Layne Staley, Jerry Cantrell, a certain teacher, [LAPD]#2, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Andrew Jackson, Bill Waterson, JRR Tolkien, and more.
What you most love to do: relax and think or listen to music.
Your self-confessed flaws: Jealousy, and not admitting I'm wrong.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Outer space, Catholocism, history, the mind, Middle-earth, life and death, animals, and technology.
What scares you: death and lonliness
Quotation to live by: Time is a marathon, so live in the present, because if you fall behind you may never catch up.

Additional comments: There was no question that asked your favorite TV show. My favorite show is The Simpsons. The new episodes are different from the others, but I still love it, and it has always cheered me up when I was down.
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Old 10-26-2003, 02:04 AM   #48
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Name (that you go by): Anna, dancing spawn
Age: 19
Occupation: Well, I'm heading for extended studies but currently I have a summer job as a cashier (yeah.)
Future Aspirations: Plenty. I also exhale.
Goal in life: To be happy.
Short term goals: Do you want a list?
Passion: LotR (as books, movies, music, art and B-D discussion board) and music
Hobbies: playing the violin and the piano, singing... I hope I can take up fencing again next fall
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): stick-with-it-ness

Fave book: LotR, His Dark Materials trilogy, HPs
Fave movie: LotR, Moulin Rouge, The Matrix
Fave sport: Pesäpallo, a Finnish ball game resembling American baseball! I just love it.
Fave music: I listen to almost anything from heavy to classic. For example, I like Apocalyptica and Sonata Arctica but then again, Dvorak's Symphony from the New World and Rodrigo's Aranjuez just rock!

What you can't stand: spiders... big hairy spiders
What you plain dislike: see above
What you most love to do: There's a tie between doing things I have never done before and watching a good movie for umpteenth time...
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm a really annoying perfectionist at times or then I'm too careless. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be anything between those two traits. I guess I'm a bit feisty, too.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Clear nightly sky and thunderstorms
What scares you: Things that are too big for me like the Milky Way and whales. They look cool, though.

Additional comments: This post was edited in June 2005. Though I'm such an interesting character that you can't get enough of me, I settled for updating this post instead of posting a new one...
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Old 11-02-2003, 04:18 AM   #49
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Did the same as Maika, her is my replacement.

Name: Eve the terrible... or lately, "Hey stop her! She's trying to kill the prefects!"

Age: 16

Occupation: student...

Future Aspirations: I want to be an entertainment journalist or a Psychological prophiler . But what i would love above anything is to be in musical theatre.

Goal(s) in life: To go to Machu Picchu in Peru. Play Velma Kelly in Chicago, or be in Carmen one day. Surf at as many places around the world as I can. Do something truly wonderful...

Short term goals: To get the best O.P (I odnt know what the rest of the world calls them Sat's?) i can get so i can do whatever i want at uni. Get to N.I.D.A before im 21.

Passion: Drama.

Hobbies: Horse Riding, surfing, going to concerts, Magazine reading,Acting, Watching as many movies as I can.

Famous for: Being the nutcase of the school! I also have gotten one of the leads in 3 school musicals, most know me as the nutter with the Drama group. But i am now the "peoples" person, upholding the student's say as an Executive of the Student Council.

Fave book: other than Lotr? Petals on the wind by Virginia Andrews and Gone with the wind, Margaret Mitchell. Anne Rice. To Kill a mocking Bird

Fave movie: The Lion King, Moulin Rouge, Interview with the Vampire, Chicago, Lord of the rings, Ronin, The Patriot, Two Hands, Birthday Girl, THE RING. Gone with the wind, Charlie's Angels, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Quills, G.I. Jane, Dogma, Onegin, Portrait of a Lady, SNATCH, Legends of the Fall, 10 things i hate about you, Y mama Tu Tambien, Vulévant, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Little Women, The Crucible, Blurred, Femme Fatale, Sade, Mullholland Dr., The Gift, House on Haunted Hill, THE CASTLE.

Fave sport: Basketball, Horse Sports, Surfing, Rugby Union. (The Queensland Reds and Wallabies)

Fave store: Valley Girl, Sass&Bide, Cruise, Supré, Red Earth, Tree of Life, MYER, David Jones, Canterbury Lace, Cosmetics Plus, Aamies, Loot. The christmas dept. in any store... (shiny things make me happy)

Fave music: The Kidneythieves, Between Theories, Orgy, Hole, Marilyn Manson, Good Charlotte, swing music and anything 20's. BLONDIE!, Evansecence, Linkin Park, Deftones, Static X, The Donnas. Anything alternative, Jazz, Something for Kate, The ever grand POWDERFINGER! (Bernard Fanning- seriously, A Johnnie Depp double)as well as Deep Purple, Patti Smith, and LED ZEPPELIN!!

What you can't stand: Really good dreams being interupted by waking up! Pop music, Prefects... apparently im too much of a rebel to be one... "To disruptive" they said... well i showed them.. I became A Student Council Executive, making me higher in the pecking order than the prefects!! Muhaaaa!!! ( No offence to other prefects out there,im sure you are very nice...)

What you plain dislike: Girls who are as young as 12 and 13 dressing like 18 year olds, and girls who dont have respect for themselves. I really really dislike Prefects... I really really wish they would all jump into Mount Doom... (Yet again, really no offence to you other prefects out there, I really should no go by the stereotypes and im sure id love you all)

Who you admire: Nicole Kidman, i love her! she is my idol and i will tolerate no badness of Nicole around me! lol, and Catherine Zeta Jones.. i love her! And Kate Daer, a very brilliant actress, but mostly Nicole.

What you most love to do: Go on a world trip with my friends and visit every elevator along the way.. Go to Arabia and walk around saying "Ya Allah! Bi fass bi rassi!" (My god theres an axe in my head) and laugh my head off... Meet as many famous people as I can.

Your self-confessed flaws: In over the top sometimes.. and i scare foriegn students who come to visit..oops! And i have a real Diva streak in me... as much as i hate saying so, and i am not good at saving money...

What intrigues/fascinates you: History, world history, languages, The Ancient Civilisations. Horse Racing...

What scares you: Uh... in a few words? SAMARA MORGAN. The state the school will be in by next year with myself and my two other "non prefect" friends in charge of out part of the school.. hehe, no seriously it will be fine...

Quotation to live by:

"We are all connected in the great circle of life." -Mufasa, the lion king.

Comments:

*MY FRIEND IS IN A MOVIE!... ha! i had to say that, ive told everyone ive run into, its called PETER PAN and is out at Christmas, get it into ya!.

*To everyone who is here at this forum, CONGRATZ! You people are an honour to know and converse with.

*To the Aussies, G'DAY! and go the Wallabies!

*Grasshoppers are dangerous and trying to kill me... (Really)

** And finally..
Pulius Maximus (Ancient History Teacher) defeated Kenius Barbius (Ken Doll)... Never to be seen again...

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Did this almost 6 months ago, and so it's high time...

Age: 22

Occupation: student...

Future Aspirations: I want to be a vocal bombshell of a theater actress who teaches literature at her former university...all of that after I finish my music degree in another university.

Goal(s) in life: To travel with whoever I'll marry, write a novel about about my crazy family, to play Elen in Miss Saigon and Eponine in Les Miz, to learn Elvish, to develop my voice into that of both a Celtic maiden and that of an AfricaN priestess.

Short term goals: To get a GOLD for my thesis. To kick-@$$ in an upcoming alumni concert (which is reminiscent of the Les Miz 10th anniv concert...) ----> I get the Eponine part.

Passion: Music and literature. Spirituality.

Hobbies: Reading, singing, origami...I colect bottles and use them to put my paper stars in them. Cute thing.

Famous for: being the one hit wonder in high school (not bad for an outsider who has something to prove, being the one who dresses very cool, for acing a paper about a play I only got to watch half of....

Fave book: Genesis, To Kill a Mockingbird, She's Come Undone, I Know Why the Caged bird Sings, How the Irish Saved Civilisation,

Fave movie: The Lion King, The Rundown, Magdalene Sisters, Gladiator, Beautiful Mind

Fave sport: I watch soccer (heh)

Fave store: bookstores, Body Shop, Tower Records, Amazon.com

Fave music: Dave Matthews is playing in my head right now! Dreamtheater, Yes, Jewel, Counting Crows, Hans Zimmerman, old school alternative (where've they all gone?), Yanni, Loreena McKennit, Tony Levin, Nora Jones

What you can't stand: bad stage management, tardiness, being told what to do, an off key in the distance...

What you plain dislike: wannabees who can't prove anything, karaoke/videoke, the smell of beer on my friends

Who you admire: Nora Jones, Benigno Aquino Jr, Martin Luther King, my bro--the music whiz kid, Bituin Escalante

What you most love to do: Yoga before dinner!

Your self-confessed flaws: I'm an insomniac, and it sucks. procrastination is so me, it makes me rot at dreaming!

What intrigues/fascinates you: vulnerable men (heh), history, Celtic spirituality, Genesis studies, Philippine folklore, the concept of time as the essence of imperfection....

What scares you: not going out and being with friends. not having to say what i want to say. not buying cds for two months! The thought of never ever getting a hug from anyone!

Quotation to live by: If God is for me, then who is against me?

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I often find myself caught between two pages of a thick book, or vocalizing to some Celtic tune. People say I rock. People say I'm beautiful. People say I'm loosing weight. People say I'm crazy...and I'm a sucker not to believe them. I'm a person who determines to reinvent herself and at the same time discover who I really am beneath this shell of a displaced Fil-Am. I am an older sister to many out of wisdom, a younger sister to some who have no one to have a laugh with. I'm really generally pensive, bordering on sad, but heck. Once I break into a few four-letter words out of outragous prayer, I'm fine. (it's between God and me, so if you don't mind...) I'd rather be called spiritual. If there's a bit of truth in this world, I can't find in myself because I tend to lie to myself, and it certainly can't be found in this world. I hate to follow the crowd, and so there you might find me: wearing orange when everyone else is in blue or black.

that's me.

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Old 11-10-2003, 06:47 PM   #51
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It's been a while, and I know you all care a lot about me, so here I go....

Name (that you go by): That's for me to know and you to [possibly] find out. I'll give you a hint: It starts with an 'S' and ends with an 'A' and is and American name with an Indian spelling.
Age: 15
Occupation: Student
Future Aspirations: Get into a good university and become an opera singer (that's right: opera)
Goal in life: To do something worth being remembered for.
Short term goals: Live until closing night of the play I'm directing.
Passion: Singing, being on stage.
Hobbies: Acting, dancing, playing the French horn and the recorder (not at the same time, though)
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being loud and crazy. Being angry all the time. Doing and saying bizarre things with my best friend. Getting really good marks on really bad essays.

Fave book: Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
Fave movie: Aladdin, Drop Dead Fred, The Princess Bride, West Side Story, Moulin Rouge, The Matrix, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Fave sport: Football (the horrible American kind, that is)
Fave store: Smart Set and Walmart
Fave music: The White Stripes, The Strokes, Weezer, Our Lady Peace, The Beatles.

What you can't stand: People who won't shut up when I'm trying to direct an angry mob who all want to break for lunch.
What you plain dislike: Cherries.
Who you admire: Theatre directors, really good opera singers.
What you most love to do: Be outside with my three best friends on warm summer nights -- whether we're sitting on someone's back steps talking or running through the huge sprinklers at the golf course in our pajamas.
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm evil.
What intrigues/fascinates you: The fact that I'm evil and still have friends who love me.
What scares you: Sharp knives.
Quotation to live by: "Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and have their shoes."

Additional comments: I'm sure that was terribly interesting for you all, but, alas, that's all you get to hear about me. I know it's sad, but I'm sure you'll get over it somehow.

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Old 11-13-2003, 03:21 AM   #52
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Name (that you go by): Blue the Griffin
Age: very old...
Occupation: Im A Griffin for crying out loud! Who would hire a griffin, apart from one of those Harry Potter lunatics?

Future Aspirations: To be a really great ballroom dancer...

Goal in life: Id like to be able to get a plane ticket without having to file down my claws upon boarding it.. NOt too much to ask!

Short term goals: To speand a peaceful christmas with all my Griffin friends.

Passion: I like reading, so i guess, my passion is reading... But i have this problem with my eyes... and its made worse by the fact that no one will make glasses which fit over the bridge of my beak...

Hobbies: Flying, Singing, eating pesants which stray into my field..

Famous for: Bing the most intelligent Griffin in the universe, also being the only Griffin able to use a computer..

Fave book: Alice in Wonderland

Fave movie: Kill Bill Vol 1

Fave sport: Water skiiing

Fave store: any store which sells wallpaper. I am really fond of wallpaper.

Fave music: something by the Deftones.

What you can't stand: People who persecute my kind for what we are.. half lion and half eagle..

What you plain dislike: Girffin Hunters who are after my blood.

Who you admire: Sean Connery

What you most love to do: Ballroom dance

Your self-confessed flaws: My talons are a little too long, and my feathers are starting to malt a little

What intrigues/fascinates you: lots of things...

What scares you: Lara Flynn Boyle

Quotation to live by: "More Tea" - The mad hatter

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Name (that you go by): Amy, Amz, Lotssa, Tess, Tessie

Age: Not to young, not too old

Occupation: Student, Tolkien-fanatic!

Future Aspirations: Either law or film producing

Goal in life: Hmmm…collecting lip-gloss? Nah, see the above

Short term goals: Conquer high-school

Passion: Tolkien, art, music (includes guitar, band, singing)

Hobbies: Art, forums, reading, shopping, listening to raucous music, practicing my smile

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Hmm….probably for my obsession with lip-gloss and Tolkien (No, I don’t mean Tolkien himself, I mean his work [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img])

Fave book: Lord of the Rings, Artemis Fowl, Little Chief of the Gaspe, The Last Battle, The Magician’s Nephew, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Fave movie: Lord of the Rings, What Lies Beneath, Catch Me If You Can, View from the Top, Legally Blonde 1 (NOT the second one!!!), Pirates of the Caribbean, The Count of Monte Cristo

Fave sport: Badmington

Fave store: X-ccessorize, Young Designers Emporium, Marks and Spencer’s, Space Station

Fave music: T.a.T.u, Shakira, Jamirouquai, Linkin Park, Celine Dion, Gollum’s Song (Emiliana Torrini)

What you can't stand: Racism, idiotic behavior, immaturity, tomatoes, the smell of car exhausts

What you plain dislike: The sound of the vacuum cleaner when I’m watching TV, people who spit on the streets,

Who you admire: Tolkien, Jesus Christ, my mom

What you most love to do: Surf forums, take early-morning walks, paint, shop

Your self-confessed flaws: I’m a bit stubborn and impatient and like to do things my way

What intrigues/fascinates you: Fireworks, waterfalls, calligraphy,

What scares you: Heights, cockroaches, small spaces, my face on Monday mornings

Quotation to live by: There’s a time and a place for everything (OK, when am I going to win the lottery?)
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Old 11-16-2003, 01:19 AM   #54
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Name (that you go by): Besephone
Age: 19
Occupation: The Poor Uni Student who works part time at a dept. store.

Future Aspirations: To get out of Uni, finish my degree and go to another country..

Goal in life: To Make a difference, design a fragrence, something similar, own a really cool car.

Short term goals: 1) To Stop swearing, 2) Not say anything bad about anyone 3) To learn more french.

Passion: I suppose looking after my horses. If that can be classified, oh, and dance.

Hobbies: PLaying the Piano, reading, watching movies, riding my horses, chatting, ballet, going to the rugby, being a rugby hooligan.

Famous for: Playing sombre songs on the piano.. Oh, and my friends and i were on the big screen at The Rugby last night!

Fave book: Lord Of The rings, Portrait of Dorian Gray, Rebecca.

Fave movie: The Professional, The Big Chill, Lord of the Rings, Oceans 11, Legally Bonde, Dude where's my car?, Billy Madison, Little Women, Mr Deeds, Anger Management, School of Rock, La Divorce, Monty Python's The Holy Grail, Legends of the Fall.

Fave sport: Rugby!

Fave store: The Rugby Store! Earthborn, Delila's, Collette Dinniagn.

Fave music: Piano classical, Norah Jones, Christina, Delta, Static-X, Slipnot, Guy Sebastian.

What you can't stand: People who ruin a good time.

What you plain dislike: EXAMS!

Who you admire: George Greegan, (Wallabies captain) Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts, Liv Tyler, Mia Tyler and Sophie Dahl.

What you most love to do: Watch Movies wiht my mates.

Your self-confessed flaws: Im Hyper, vain, out of control.. but i like it... Who cares if i take pride in my reflection? lol.

What intrigues/fascinates you: Antique weapons.

What scares you: Lightening

Quotation to live by: "Cattle running into the sunset... horrible moooos are heard... Damn the eletric fence.."

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Old 11-16-2003, 09:19 PM   #55
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Name (that you go by): Call me Moriko (Japanese class name)
Age: 14
Occupation: being myself (school)
Future Aspirations: biology
Goal in life: see my favorite symphony played live, swim with seals/whales/dolphines/cool stuff
Short term goals: do good in school
Passion: the arts, animals, being outdoors, LOTR, Japanese stuff
Hobbies:scuba diving, playing in symphonies
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): uhhhhh... I can read some Japanese, I won 2cd place for Holloween costume this year

Fave books: LOTR, His Dark Materials, The Immortals, Redwall
Fave movie: The Pirncess Mononoke
Fave sport: tennis, raquet ball
Fave store: book store, outfitting stores
Fave music: J-pop, classical, jazz

What you can't stand: ignorant people
What you plain dislike: being late and wet
Who you admire: my friend, (Alaruid)
What you most love to do: think, stare into space (I do it VERY often)
Your self-confessed flaws: I have two selfs
What intrigues/fascinates you: animals, life
What scares you: being alone in public
Quotation to live by: It's a simple state of mind over matter, if you don't mind it don't matter

Additional comments: I live in the Land of the Midnight sun, though where I live, it still sets at midnight
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Name (that you go by): Lina or Linaeve
Age: 17
Occupation: Student
Future Aspirations: I'm not sure what I want to be yet, but I'll probably end up being a doctor as both my parents are doctors and that's the profession I know the most about
Goal in life: To be the best person I can possibly be
Short term goals: To get into the college of my choice (Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts)
Passion: Music, especially classical
Hobbies: Reading, writing, singing, playing piano, talking philosophy, talking in general, cooking, traveling, etc.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): being short (5 ft tall) and being a good listener (I've suddenly become the senior class's therapist! [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] And playing piano. And arguing [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Fave book: Lord of the Rings and Stranger in a Strange Land
Fave movie: A Man for All Seasons
Fave sport: Fencing and figure skating
Fave store: Any bookstore
Fave music: Classical

What you can't stand: Repetitive, screechy noises. Punk rock. Anything loud and high-pitched. Squealing girls. Also, chat abbreviations.
What you plain dislike: People who try to be stupid just to be funny, or are mean to others just to try to impress their friends, or talk about others behind their backs. Also, being late and messy rooms- I compulsively clean my room about every week- it drives me insane! [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img].
Who you admire: my mother, for her perserverance and love of learning
What you most love to do: sing or play piano
Your self-confessed flaws: some arrogance, a short temper, and a tendency to be very impatient.
What intrigues/fascinates you: the human mind (did you know we only use about 10% of our brain's full capacity?)
What scares you: The human mind
Quotation to live by: See my sig

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Old 11-27-2003, 03:45 PM   #57
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Name (that you go by): Shannon

Age:17

Occupation: Martyr, survivor.

Future Aspirations: Orchestral brass player(aka pro. Musician)

Goal in life: To publish a book, poem or short story.

Short term goals: I need to find some way of moving to Victoria before I go crazy.

Passion:Music

Hobbies: Trumpet playing, singing, composing, music listening, Musicals, writing,
reading, movie watching.

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Solo's at local concerts.

Fave book: Cry to Heaven -Anne Rice
Yu Gi Oh! Manga.

Fave movie: In no particular order: Drum Line, Keeping the Faith, Animatrix, Return of the King

Fave sport: Volleyball (veteran)

Fave store: A quaint little book store that has no name downtown.

Fave music: Music eats up a lot of my life, and I'm not talking about rock, rap, punk or any of the other "hard core" kinds of music people obsess over and think their feelings are more real because their tastes are "different". I've got news for those people, especially those who don't read music, the guitar playing, tuque wearing wannabes I see all over my highschool hallways: You're just part of a fad now, good job! When I say music, I talk about Baroque, Bach, Vivaldi, Italien Opera, Aria's that are sung by Castrati with names ending in "O"s and prima donnas that your not sure are even women, Massive choirs and full symphony and philharmonic orchestras, piano trios, brass quintets, concertos by other famous dead guys. Throw in a little Euro tech to mix it up every once in while and you've very nearly got my CD collection. Add in every movie soundtrack that I've ever liked, music you can really sink your teeth in, not cluttered with "meaningful" lyrics, but sounds perfected by the voice. It's all about the sound, the feel and the emotion.


What you can't stand: People who who have nothing interesting or original to say.

What you plain dislike: Ignorance.

Who you admire: Dustin Matheson(a local composer who I admire)

What you most love to do: Listend to classical music by candlelight.

Your self-confessed flaws: I'm a know-it-all, and I can have a bit of an acid
tongue if I'm upset. Plus I can have a wicked temper if someone really cheeses me off.

What intrigues/fascinates you: Computers. the internet specifically, you can find literally anthing and everything on it. Ever try to Yahoo! your own name?

What scares you: I have a phobia for men in dark cloaks, hense the only nightmares I ever had include "Darkness falls" toothfairy and the 9 ringwraiths coming to get me.

Quotation to live by: "Damn you for opening my eyes."
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Old 12-16-2003, 11:40 PM   #58
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Name (that you go by):Tiffany
Age:18
Occupation:Student/mom
Future Aspirations:
Goal in life:to be a famous singer
Short term goals:go to college and get married
Passion:singing and music
Hobbies:I'm a sci fi nerd lol
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself):my sing abilities for being able to sin a octive higher than almost every one i know

Fave book: the outsiders
Fave movie:too many favs
Fave sport:flag team
Fave store:Ross dress for less, India emporium, debs, walmart, kmart, spencers,dollar store
Fave music:anything I can SING to. that does away with most rap

What you can't stand:cheaters,homework, harry potter books (they put me to sleep) and pork
What you plain dislike:self-riteous religious nuts. I am christian but I am not religious, I am spiritual.
Who you admire:Celine Dion,and Mariah Carey
What you most love to do:sing,watch star wars and/or stargate SG-1
Your self-confessed flaws: too many to count
What intrigues/fascinates you:space and anything that has to do with the univers and stars and stuff.
What scares you:Losing my baby
Quotation to live by: I am not a *****, I am the ***** and I'm miss ***** to you. lol

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Name (that you go by):Hey you didint pay for that get back here,but sometimes people call me Nate
Age:24
Occupation:Looking for a occupation
Future Aspirations:
Goal in life:Live a peacfull and quiet life
Short term goals:Finish my last 2 months of school
Passion:
Hobbies:Reading,games,music,and some other stuff
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself):Nothing really

Fave book:Besides Tolkien-Terry Goodkinds Sword of Truth Series
Fave movie:Besides LOTR the orginal Star Wars movies
Fave sport:Hockey(Go Blues!)
Fave store:I shop online
Fave music:Metal,Old School Metal,some Country,Classical,Classic Rock

What you can't stand:The real world
What you plain dislike:Fake people,Gredy people,and sell outs
Who you admire:My Family
What you most love to do:Being out in the wilds
Your self-confessed flaws:Judging people to quick
What intrigues/fascinates you:What lyes beyound are world and the stars
What scares you:Are courpt government
Quotation to live by:It's better to regret something you have done rather regret something you haven't done

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Old 12-22-2003, 09:01 PM   #60
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Name (that you go by): Isobel, Aredhel take your pick

Age:16

Occupation: Student

Future Aspirations:To look half as good as Karen does at her age, (Will & Grace)And to have a massive house with a fountain in whihc all my friends can live.

Goal in life:I want to be a flight attendant! hurrah for me!

Short term goals: To get through christmas so i can see RETURN OF THE KING FOR WHEN IT OPENS ON BOXING DAY!!!!!!

Passion: Tap, Elves, reading about history.

Hobbies:watching movies, watching entertainment news shows, and Tap dancing!


Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself):When in school i the one who will start Tap dancing in the hallways, what gets me is people arent annoyed by it at all, i guess it doesnt help that im sarcastic all the time.


Fave book:Tolkien.... um, Oh, Anything by Bryce Courtnay and John Grisham, (crime novels)

Fave movie:LOTR, LOTR EE, um, The Hours, Cold Mountain, Peter Pan, CHICAGO, ALL THAT JAZZ, CABARET, Evita, From Hell, Monty Python, Stir of Echos, The Ring

Fave TV: WILL & GRACE

Fave sport: IM really into Soccer, (Go Chelsea!)

Fave store:the one and only..'my store, "Myer"'

Fave music: Classical: "Moonlight Sonata" Jazz music, Marilyn Monroe, Swing music, Death metal- Slipknot, Korn, Orgy, Disturbed and the kidneythieves... Quite a mix i know..

What you can't stand: Suck-up's i hate Suck-ups.

What you plain dislike: Spiders, snakes i can stand, but spiders, oh and Shark warnings at the beach.

Who you admire: Daniel Johns from Silver Chair, Delta Goodrem, Antonia Kidman, My best friends and my sister.

What you most love to do: Tap dance and play Delta Goodrem on the piano whilst doing an impression of her when my friends come over.

Your self-confessed flaws: I am reckless, i make decisions too quickly.

What intrigues/fascinates you: The subconscious mind. Its freaky man!

What scares you:The computer guys who hang out in the computer room, seriously, they are soo nasty! I said hello to them one day and all yelled at me!

Quotation to live by: "Here's lookiing at you kid."

COMMENTS: Ye who ventures here,
Spare a thought for thoes
Who come form the land below
Who linger and wait for the 26th
For only then they shall see,
The Return of the King.
Their faces are fell,
They have little hope,
Yet the day approaches
When they too shall see his glory
Elessar, the Return of the King.

As was said by one of my kindred,
Alas! The fell deeds of New Line Cinema!
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Name (that you go by): Abby to most people, Mel to a few that I have convinced to call me so (I wish I could get them to call me Melatariel), and Lhunardawen to the Downers (if any know me, that is [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] )
Age: 14 or 8713, turning 15 or 8714 on Narvinyë 4
Occupation: 3rd year high school student (Yay! One last year to go!)
Future Aspirations: be a missionary doctor, portray Éowyn in a remake of LotR [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
Goal in life: to find out my purpose in this world, why God created me, and carry out that purpose
Short term goals: to finish this post without lying about myself
Passion: LotR, acting
Hobbies: reading and re-reading LotR and the Sil, reading other books, writing nonsense, listening to music, lying around doing nothing, thinking about nothing in particular (as long as it does not confuse me)
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): speaking in a teeny weeny bit Quenya (but I'm studying now), being the biggest Tolkien freak in our school, and being silly (I could hope that I'm famous [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] )

Fave book: LotR, Sil, The End of the Age, The Chronicles of Narnia
Fave movie: LotR (for now), The Matrix, Parent Trap, Legally Blonde
Fave sport: gymnastics
Fave store: bookstores
Fave music: quite varied. Ranges to Evanescence, Michelle Branch, Lifehouse, Nickelback, The Calling, The Corrs, Stacie Orrico, Matchbox 20, The All-American Rejects, Hillsongs (contemporary Christian music)

What you can't stand: flying cockroaches, nails scratching on blackboard
What you plain dislike: too much schoolwork
Who you admire: mods of the Downs [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] , understanding teachers, my parents, Jesus Christ (who deserves so much more than my admiration)
What you most love to do: go to the Downs, read books, watch movies, attend our church's youth service
Your self-confessed flaws: being a procrastinator and a crammer, short-tempered and impatient, moody, and more
What intrigues/fascinates you: facts about LotR actors, Biology, Ambar itself
What scares you: rejection, others hating me, committing mistakes and being shamed for them
Quotation to live by: James 1:12 (it's too long, and it's not exactly a quotation, but I try to live by it)

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Name (that you go by): Corinne, which is my real name. Alot of people call me Cori, though. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
Age: 15
Occupation: Student
Future Aspirations: To write and actually finish a novel. Soon.
Goal in life: To find true happiness and recognize it when I find it.
Short term goals: To beat my brother at chess.
Passion: Writing. Reading. Dancing.
Hobbies: All of the above ^. Also drawing, painting, "internetting", creating websites, being with true friends.
Famous for: Histrionic facial expressions (which I simply can't control), being the sugar plum fairy in the "nuttycracker suite".

Fave book: LOTR, The Hobbit, Cujo by Stephen King, Song of the Lioness series by Tamora Pierce, Les Miserables, Meg Cabot's books.
Fave movie: All three installments of LOTR, Rain Man, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jurassic Park.
Fave sport: Cabbageball was always a blast.
Fave store: Target is my friend. Also, I enjoy Frames.
Fave music: Practically anything and everything. AFI is the newest addition to my list. I hate country and most rap, though.

What you can't stand: Arrogant males, when people touch/eat/lick/disturb my food and drink.
What you plain dislike: Creepy crawlie things, tight spaces, submarines, black and white films.
Who you admire: My parents, my older brother.
What you most love to do: Write. It is truly my passion.
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm horribly lazy. I lie. I am easily made jealous. I put on different facades for different types of people.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Greek mythology, Ancient Egyptian culture, stigmata.
What scares you: Being lonely, never knowing true love.
Quotation to live by: "Pain is weakness leaving the body." -Unknown

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Name (that you go by): Mereneth, Star/StarJewel, Elf Maiden
Age: 17
Occupation: High school junior. (one more year, only one more year)
Future Aspirations: Become a vet, or an Elf
Goal in life: Get to Valinor, eventually
Short term goals: Learn Sindarin, pass my classes
Passion: Tolkien, Elves
Hobbies: See above, and try to finish my novel
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): I get A's in my classes without even trying(would someone help me figure out how I got an A on a final I was certain that I utterly failed?), looking and acting more and more like an Elf

Fave book: Silmarillion, LotR, and the Dark Elf books by R.A. Salvatore
Fave movie: Fellowship, Two Towers, and Return of the King
Fave sport: Bowling and sword fighting
Fave store: Sancuary Crystals, a nice little occult shop near my home
Fave music: Celtic stuff, anything that sounds Elvish, and metal to a degree

What you can't stand: Anybody who bashes Tolkien or Elves.
What you plain dislike: People in general
Who you admire: Here we go: Maedhros, Beleg Cuthalion, Fingon, Finrod, Fingolfin, Aredhel, Luthien, Turgon, Feanor, Finwe, Gwindor. Notice that they are all Elves.
What you most love to do: Act like an Elf, and play DnD when I can
Your self-confessed flaws: I hate to admit, but I have a temper that would scare the pants right off of Feanor.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Elves
What scares you: Very little, really
Quotation to live by: Feanor: Seven sons, none of whom killed each other. What are the odds of that?

Additional comments: Yes, I am obsessed with Elves. So wise, so handsome, so strong... I will find a way to meet one.
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Name (that you go by): Kiwi
Age: 16
Occupation: Writer
Future Aspirations: Give the world a good kick in the seat of the pants
Goal in life: see above
Short term goals: finish my required education
Passion: reading, writing
Hobbies: playing Final Fantasy, and many more excellent, well thought out games
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): nothing yet.
Fave book: Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion
Fave movie: Dogma
Fave sport: sword fighting (with Kenji sticks)
Fave store: Barnes and Noble
Fave music: Tool, A Perfect Circle, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Kingdom Hearts Soundtrack, LotR soundtracks, generally whatever sounds good.
What you can't stand: people who wear belts and don’t need them. (i.e. whos pants are either too tight for a belt to be of any use, or too loose, yet the belt remains at their knees.)
What you plain dislike: People who hit their kids, then blame the media when the kids grow up to be angry individuals
Who you admire: anyone who is real to the world
What you most love to do: open people’s minds
Your self-confessed flaws: obliviousness
What intrigues/fascinates you: Ancient, foreign languages
What scares you: large groups of strange teenagers
Quotation to live by: “The unexamined life is not worth living” - Socrates
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Name (that you go by):Katy, Kate, Elanor- only a few, ok, one person calls me that.
Age: 17
Occupation: Secretary at my church on Sat. mornings and of course trying to survive high school!
Future Aspirations: Travel the world and get out of this town! Going to college is a good start, so that’s definitely one.
Goal in life: To not regret my decisions.
Short term goals: Get a C in Pre Calc *cross fingers*, pass my AP History test with at least a 3, do decently on the SAT’s, survive teaching preschool CCD, and learn to write in Elvish *wooot*
Passion: I have a lack of it recently! On second thought, all things Tolkien.

Hobbies: playing hand bells at my church, reading, and making fun collages on walls, doors, notebooks, ect.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Hmmm, I’m generally pretty quiet so nothing.
Fave book: LOTR, Ferenhight 451 (In my opinion a must read for everyone, along with 1984, because it has a good message.)
Fave movies: LOTR all, Space Balls, Saint, Knight’s Tale, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, POTC, Underworld, Sound of Music, Ten Things I Hate About You
Fave sport: Ultimate Frisbee! Gym class is a good time!
Fave store: Target. It rocks!
Fave music: I don’t have a fave, I listen to it all, classical, rock, techno... - check out the Clarks, good stuff and their from “the Burgh” (Pittsburgh for all you who don’t know)
What you can't stand: When people don’t put their turn signals on or put them on as their turning, that dosen’t help! A turn signal is an indicator, please use it as such!
What you plain dislike: Ditto on the 12 year olds acting like their some hot 20 year old, and people (guys) who are immature and inconsiderate.
Who you admire: My mom, Aunts, grandparents and my 5th grade teacher
What you most love to do: Hang out with my sister, and two friends (Beanimer and her sister). We have the most fun together cuz we can just be our selves and we have tones of inside jokes about LOTR.
Your self-confessed flaws: You don’t want to hear them all but a few are: I’m a huge procrastinator, I have very little drive to do anything, and I rarely give 100%.
What intrigues/fascinates you: People, sometimes I hate them but their soooo interesting. I like to listen to different opinions.
What scares you: “A cage. To be behind bars until use and old age accept them, and all chance of valor has gone beyond recall or desire."
Quotation to live by: “Some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end, life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it without knowing what’s going to happen next. delicious ambiguity” -Gilda Rander

Additional comments: I got silver arrows for my birthday and I feel the need to tell everyone. Kiric is prince of the haflings! And finally, randomness is fun!
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Old 03-12-2004, 10:17 AM   #66
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Name (that you go by): Galadel Vinorel
Age: 16
Occupation: full-time student
Future Aspirations: to join the American Navy as an engineer
Goal in life: to be happy
Short term goals: to pass chemistry
Passion: Drill Team
Hobbies: Rollerblading and reading
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): spelling, writing (especially poetry and memoirs) and thinking up fun things to do. (I suppose.....my friends would know this more than I would)

Fave book(s): LOTR: Two Towers and The Greenwitch (in the Dark Time is Rising Series)
Fave movie: LOTR ROTK and Charades (so ingenious!)
Fave sport: Volleyball
Fave store: Barnes and Nobles
Fave music: TYPE is Christian Rock; not sure of my fave band, though, I like most of them

What you can't stand: Bullying
What you plain dislike: Bullies, Gossip, and brussel sprouts
Who you admire: my parents and all of my catholic role models (God, pope, saints, etc.)
What you most love to do: read and drill with my ROTC Drill Team
Your self-confessed flaws: can't say what I want to sometimes, and have a hard time standing up for myself
What intrigues/fascinates you: how some writers can write so well, such as Tolkien and Lowry (wish I could *sigh)
What scares you: heights (hate stairs!) and my family dying
Quotation to live by: "Never be afraid to dream, for those who don't are never really alive"

Additional comments: Everyone should be in ROTC... it's the best thing since....OREOS!!
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Old 03-13-2004, 11:34 AM   #67
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I've had so many new things going on, that I think it's time for an update:

Name (that you go by): Finwë, Neeti, Kitten
Age: 16
Occupation: full-time student
Future Aspirations: become a child/adolescent psychiatrist, Tolkienologist, and an award-winning archer
Goal in life: to show the rest of the world that I'm just as good as them, if not better
Short term goals: win my next archery tournament (or at least get second place)
Passion: Archery, Writing, Middle-earth
Hobbies: Reading, Writing, Archery, Weapons, Fantasy, Archaeology, Medieval Esoterica, and Historical Fiction
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): inspiring poetry, being rather strong (for a girl, that is), being an arcer, being able to write extremely good essays in fifteen minutes, being able to talk my way out of anything

Fave book(s): LOTR, The Dark Is Rising, The Belgariad, anything by Judith Tarr
Fave movie: RotK, The Passion, Pirates of the Caribbean, Braveheart, Dogma, The Scorpion King, The 13th Warrior
Fave sport: Archery
Fave store: Barnes and Noble, Hot Topic
Fave music: Soundtracks to LotR

What you can't stand: Bullying, Bigotry, not being able to accept that you're wrong and that someone else is right
What you plain dislike: see above
Who you admire: Alexander the Great, Caesar, Attila the Hun, Fëanor, Galadriel, Aragorn
What you most love to do: read, practice archery, write poetry,
Your self-confessed flaws: arrogance, stubbornness, a tendency to take things seriously, an intense dislike of defeat (I can't stand to lose anything, even a game)
What intrigues/fascinates you: the human psyche (especially the minds of people like Alexander and Caesar), ancient history, weapons
What scares you: to be honest, not really anything. I'm not emotionally attached to much in this life. I'm not afraid of death any more, thanks to this Viking prayer that I found in The 13th Warrior and thanks to Lord of the Rings
Quotation to live by: "Lo, there do I see my father. Lo, there do I see my mother and my sisters and my brothers. Lo, there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning. Lo, they do call to me. They bid me take my place among them. In the Halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live, forever."

Additional comments: No one should be afraid of death. A heroic death is the climax of a heroic life. A goal worth working towards.
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Old 03-13-2004, 12:23 PM   #68
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Name (that you go by): Becka, the Funky Hobbit, and RE-BECCA DAWN when you get really mad.
Age: 15
Occupation: Student.
Future Aspirations: To go to college and learn to be a horse trainer, then to move somewhere and get a job at a stable.
Goal in life: To work with horses.
Short term goals: Get better at Pre-Calculus!
Passion: Reading, walking outside, listening to my music.
Hobbies: Reading, walking outside, spending time on the Internet, Air Cadets, listening to music.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): My craziness. And I can type really fast.

Fave book: The LotR trilogy, The Hobbit, some Stephen King books. Actually, most Stephen King books. Also Dragon Tears and Voice of the Night by Dean Koontz and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson.
Fave movie: The LotR trilogy, Pirates of the Caribbean, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Empire Records, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and Cry Baby.
Fave sport: Don't really have one.
Fave store: Spencers, Kustom Kulture.
Fave music Mostly rock, i.e. Metallica, Jet, Three days Grace, Billy Talent, etc. Also Great Big Sea.

What you can't stand: Racist bigots.
What you plain dislike: Racist bigots.
Who you admire: John Ritter, and others that I can't think of right now.
What you most love to do: Work around horses and animals in general.
Your self-confessed flaws: Lazy, I bite my nails, and sometiems I get too crazy for my own good.
What intrigues/fascinates you: The supernatural, i.e. ghosts, unexplained things.
What scares you: Tornadoes and the possibility of my loved ones getting hurt.
Quotation to live by: Adapt and overcome.

Additional comments: When life hands you lemons, throw them at life's head and yell, "I don't want your damn lemons!"
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Old 03-13-2004, 12:28 PM   #69
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About time that this got updated. I’m going to have to find my older posts, since I think I made a dogs dinner of this one.

Name (that you go by): Varda, Lindsay, Lindz
Age: 17
Occupation: full-time student/”catering assistant” as Tesco kindly dubs me.
Future Aspirations: Oh, blah. *tries to think of a few*
Goal in life: Must I have a goal? I’m just a drifter at heart…oh well, I suppose it would be to be happy, and all that stuff.
Short term goals: Survive the last six weeks of secondary school without too many hangovers from endless parties/rollickings from teachers/going to too many classes. Pass Advanced Higher English. Convince Dad to fork out the money for me going to Edinburgh for uni. That’ll do for now.
Hobbies: Reading, writing, singing, chatting, seeing my friends.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Am I famous for anything…? Fine then, my ability to skip numerous classes and go to Italian only once out of six classes every week, without ever getting pulled up about it.
Fave book(s): LOTR, Sil, His Dark Materials, Chronicles of Narnia. I love loads others, but I’ll always love those ones.
Fave movie: RotK, FotR, TT, Big Fish, Shrek, Moulin Rouge…
Fave sport: …I don’t do sport. Blah.
Fave store: Waterstones, Accessorize, Topshop, H&M
Fave music: LotR soundtracks, Travis, Evanescence, Feeder

What you can't stand: Stubborness to the point of stupidity, prejudice, and really bratty children you can tell are going to cause the world hell in 10 years time.
What you plain dislike: As above.
Who you admire: *frowns* I don’t really do admiration or idolising that much, I don’t think. At least, no one instantly springs to mind.
What you most love to do: read, chat, listen to music
Your self-confessed flaws: I can be stubborn…(but not to the point that I can’t stand myself, can get fed up with people quite easily
What intrigues/fascinates you: These questions are hard…I find it interesting how history can be looked at from so many different viewpoints…and how twisted the truth can get over the years.
What scares you: It used to be death, but I think I’ve come to some kind of acceptance of that…so I suppose it’s spiders.
Quotation to live by: I think I have too many quotations to dig through and find an appropriate one. If you desperately need a Varda quote, consult Gayahithwen.
Additional comments: Live life as you actually want to live it…don’t listen to your parents.
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Old 03-15-2004, 04:41 AM   #70
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Name: Morten
Age: 17
Occupation: Student
Future Aspirations: Becoming a space technician at ESA
Goal in life: Make lots of money
Short term goals: get a good average at school
Passion: Final Fantasy
Hobbies: Taekwon-do
Famous for: Nothing that I can think of.

Fave book: Kind of obvious...Lord of the Rings
Fave movie: I'm repeating myself...Lord of the Rings
Fave sport: Taekwon-do
Fave store: The local candy store
Fave music: I like a bit of everything

What you can't stand: my sister in her bothering mood
What you plain dislike: Poeple who critizise others
Who you admire: myself
What you most love to do: Relaxing, doing nothing.
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm too lazy
What intrigues/fascinates you: A good RPG game
What scares you: Doctors with sharp things
Quotation to live by: Why do today what you can do tomorrow!

Additional comments: Well, this is me. Nice to meet you all.
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Old 03-16-2004, 12:33 PM   #71
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Name (that you go by): Lene
Age: 15
Occupation: student
Future Aspirations: Not much...
Goal in life: Get paid for doing something I love (watch movies..)
Short term goals: survive through the exam
Passion: Movies!!! and LotR
Hobbies: spending time with friends and having a good time
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): my friends call me Queen Sarcasm (I'm a queen!) besides from that, I'm not very famous.

Fave book: Return of the King, Silmarillion, Order of the Phenix
Fave movie: all of LotR, Pirates of the Caribbean, Sleepy Hollow, Star Wars, Big Fish, From Hell, Edward Scissorhands and many more...
Fave sport: I don't like sports... maybe football (soccer)
Fave store: Avalon
Fave music: I listen to almost everything. not opera..

What you can't stand: superficial people and blondes (oops... I'm blonde...)
What you plain dislike: school and homework
Who you admire: my mum
What you most love to do: nothing... just hang out with friends
Your self-confessed flaws: too lazy and a bit bossy
What intrigues/fascinates you: computers and other machines. How the heck do they work? I dont get it... how do they make so small machines?
What scares you: spiders and clownes.
Quotation to live by: Why do something when you can watch someone elde do it?

Additional comments: I love BD and LotR...
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Name (that you go by): Louis Ortal, Elenrod Felagund, and Nilpaurion Felagund. Plus half a dozen aliases.

Age: 17 years, 6 months and a day.

Occupation: A failing college student, a writer, and a Barrow-downer.

Future Aspirations: To finish my novels, collect enough Lego to rival the US Navy, and finish college - crawl through it, if I have to.

Goal in life: To be a better Christian, which includes being a good child, a good friend, and a good neighbour. Which currently I am not. I mean I have my days, but...never mind.

Short-term Goals: Survive this semester...or stop making impossible goals.

Passion: is a fruit. See Hobbies.

Hobbies: Reading, writing, watching TV and playing Lego. And a newfangled hobby called "loafing."

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Making a 20" Lego model of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate. I was supposed to say high scorer at Minesweeper until I realised people can finish it in at least 1/4 the time I take to finish one. *sigh*

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Favorites

Books
In order...

1. All Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
2. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas.
3. All tales of Middle-earth by J.R.R. Tolkien.
4. All Jack Ryan story by Tom Clancy.
5. The works of Philip Yancey.
6. The Little Prince by A.S. Exupery.

I also read comics, particularly enjoying Calvin and Hobbes and Archie comics.

Movies: Let's see...The best trilogy ever - I hope you all know which is that, all Star Wars, The Matrix(only), Lilo and Stitch, The Hunt for Red October, The Sum of All Fears, Independence Day, The Rock, Armageddon, Men in Black - both, Anger Management, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, and Kate and Leopold - the odd one out. Guess why.

Sports Association Football, Basketball, Chess, Scrabble, Fencing, and Archery.

Store: Anything that sells food, Lego, and books. Especially PowerBooks bookstore.

Music: Mostly alternative stuff, a smattering of everything else.

Wait, here's the list: Clay Aiken, All-American Rejects, Blink 182, Michelle Branch, The Cardigans, Vanessa Carlton, Coldplay, The Corrs, Dido, Evan and Jaron, Fra Lippo Lippi, Goo Goo Dolls, Green Day, Natalie Imbruglia, Incubus, Lifehouse, Linkin Park, Lisa Loeb, Matchbox 20, New Radicals, Nickelback, Nickelcreek, Nine Days, The Offspring, Outkast, Papa Roach, Duncan Sheik, Simple Plan, Sixpence None the Richer, Smash Mouth, Splendor, System of a Down, Third Eye Blind, Three Doors Down, Toad Wet the Sprocket, Train, Vertical Horizon, and Wheatus. Whew!

Wait...there might be more.

TV Shows: OK...Gilmore Girls, the dearly departed The Weekenders, Will and Grace, Alias, The Practice, 24, The Amazing Race, and a growing respect for Survivor.

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What you can't stand: Backstabbing "friends", smokers who care not where they spout their smoke, mass transport.

Who you plain dislike: School and homework. ( Miriel Undomiel)

Who do you admire: Jesus Christ...the only perfect person...and he wasn't a perfectionist.

Your self-confessed flaws: I am a procrastinator, a liar, a loudmouth, and a sloth. And I have a mean capacity to retaliate against my enemies.

What intrigues or fascinates you: Everything I do not know.

What scares me: Seeing myself a few years from now. And Saucepan.

Quotations to live by:
  • Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. James 1:21
  • When I'm not in the news, I win.
  • I'm trying to live a normal life, which is always hard given what I do.
  • Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, but socially dead.
  • Early to bed, early to rise - might as well be dead.
  • Patience is not only a virtue - it's a job description.

    and...
  • Must...have...personal space...

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Additional comments: This is an almost-ripoff of my profile on my homepage, but who cares?

Oh, and if anyone is interested, my Minesweeper records are:
Beginner: 9 seconds.
Intermediate: 46 seconds.
Expert: 162 seconds.
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Old 03-17-2004, 01:57 AM   #73
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I got 8 seconds on beginner
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Old 03-19-2004, 07:49 AM   #74
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Well, the chances of my piece getting read is damn low in this chaos of replies, but I will still try.

My real name is William and I am a 14 year old schoolboy. I know I gotta be a fiction writer. I just wanna be one - even though thousands of other boys and girls also do and never make it. Yeah, maybe my love for reading and writing is escapism, but who cares? I just luv it!!

I luv playin soccer, adventuring, play acting, play script writing, hanging around with my friends and talk nonsense, reading & writing esp. fantasy, talk about the book I've read, tell stories I've written, listening to music esp. hip hop & rap & R&B, singing and rapping nonsense, and acting cool to get out of awkward situation.

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Old 07-12-2004, 09:37 AM   #75
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Name (that you go by): Elennar, Weird Chick, Dreamerlass...
Age: 15
Occupation: Student
Future Aspirations: Learn to play Uilleann pipes
Goal in life: Be a film director
Short term goals: Get really good at playing Irish whistle
Passion: Anything entertaining
Hobbies: Music, dance, writing, drawing, making bad puns
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Well, nothing yet...

Fave book: The Last Book in the Universe. That's just my current favourite though.
Fave movie: LotR, what else?
Fave sport: Still don't like sports much.
Fave store: Any bookstore
Fave music: Irish, 80s

What you can't stand: Flamers
What you plain dislike: Spiders. They be creepy!
Who you admire: Oh, far to many people to list!
What you most love to do: Talk to people on forums, and make new friends from all over the world.
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm a dreadful procrastinator, and talk far too much sometimes.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Anything complicated!
What scares you: Laugh if you will, but my greatest fear is to be eaten by ants.
Quotation to live by: "To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all."
"Possibility has enormous power, sometimes more than actuality."

Additional comments: Umm...
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Yeesh. I've been on the BD forums for alost a year and I havn't done this. Here we go:
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Name (that you go by):Kiwi (I'm serious. But I don't know how I got this
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Age: 16
Occupation: Student/Writer
Future Aspirations: Finish my book!
Goal in life: see above and get it published
Short term goals: Not to get mauled by bears
Passion: Anything to do with history/literature/Lord of the Rings/The Silmarillion/ect.
Hobbies:Reading, writing, the Downs, running, philology
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself):I have recieved first prize in my region for Uber-Geekiness

Fave book: The Silmarillion
Fave movie: Dogma, Bandits, Lord of the Rings (not nesessarily in that order)
Fave sport: Stick fighting *What? That's not really a sport? Just me and my brother beating the tar out of each other with sticks? Well frankly, I am astounded*
Fave store: Any Bookstore
Fave music: Anything Good (I'm partial to Franz Ferdinand, Tool, and not to mention the soundtracks to LotR)

What you can't stand: Imbiciles and liars. If you're both, I cant stand you to the second power.
What you plain dislike: Lying Imbiciles
Who you admire: Anyone who does something worth admiring
What you most love to do: study obscure things
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm indecisive and I freeze under pressure
What intrigues/fascinates you: languages and the people and history behind them
What scares you: Not sure. Anything with more than four legs, I think, (Excepting Sliepnir)
Quotation to live by: "What is life but a story told only to you, the writer of the greatest tale? Then why not create a story worth remembering?"
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Question Heren-ing this thread . . .

Name (that you go by):
  • Birth Name: Louis Allen Ortal
  • Elven Name: Elenrod Felagund
  • BD Handle: Nilpaurion Felagund
Age: 18 . . . if you’re lucky you’ll make it just in time to see me arrested as an adult.

For espionage. Doesn’t that carry the death penalty?

Occupation: Freelance foreign policy analyst and sole employee of Wacky Entertainment Studios (I do writing and cartooning and programming and more writing . . . hey, how come I still have no profit?)

Being a student is no longer an occupation. It’s such a burden.

It wouldn’t be much of one if you study every now and then . . .

But when will I write?

Future Aspirations: To finish my novels. All of them.

Goal in life: To be a better Christian, which includes being a good child, a good friend, and a good neighbour. Which I currently am not.

Short term goals: To get that degree in German and Russian, and to collect enough Lego to build enough ships to rival the US Navy.

Hobbies: In no particular order: loafing, reading, writing, watching TV, Downing, analysing foreign policy and playing Lego.

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being quoted once in a while on national FM radio stations, almost making it to the finals of a televised quiz show, appearing on national TV six times for said quiz show, and being the only son of Finrod. Mom and her Vanyar friends spoil me.

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Fave book: Still . . .
  1. All Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
  2. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas.
  3. All tales of Middle-earth by J.R.R. Tolkien.
  4. All Jack Ryan stories, Red Storm Rising, and the Op-Center series by Tom Clancy.
  5. The works of Philip Yancey.
  6. The Little Prince by A.S. Exupery.
I also read comics, particularly enjoying Calvin and Hobbes and Archie comics.

Fave movie: Let's see . . . The best trilogy ever--I hope you all know which is that, all Star Wars, The Matrix--only, Lilo and Stitch, The Hunt for Red October, The Sum of All Fears, Independence Day, The Rock, Armageddon, Men in Black--both, Anger Management, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, Wild Wild West, and Kate and Leopold.

Fave sport: These are the sports I play and/or watch. Favourite teams in parentheses.

Association Football (Real Madrid, until Zidane retires or switches teams, and Arsenal. Deutschland for Euro and World Cup), Basketball (San Antonio Spurs, although I did root for the Lithuanians during the 2004 Olympics), Chess, Scrabble, Fencing (even though I still haven’t won), and Archery.

Fave store: National Bookstore (for various needs, not only books), Book Sale (for really cheap books), and Gift Gate (the only halfway decent shop that sells Lego in this country).

Fave music: I’ve decided to list twenty of my most loved songs. Here goes (in no particular order) . . .
  • Iris by Goo Goo Dolls
  • What Can I Do by The Corrs
  • Brick by Ben Folds 5
  • If You’re Gone by Matchbox 20
  • Time Stands Still by The All-American Rejects
  • If I Am by Nine Days
  • Come Around by Rhett Miller
  • In My Place by Coldplay
  • Sick Cycle Carousel by Lifehouse
  • All You Wanted by Michelle Branch
  • Loneliest Person by Splender
  • Toxicity!!! by System of a Down
  • The Freshmen by Verve Pipe
  • Stay by Lisa Loeb
  • Semi Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind
  • Misery by The Moffats
  • Crave by Marc Dorsey
  • Best I Ever Had by Vertical Horizon
  • A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton
  • Everybody's Changing by Keane
~*~

What you can't stand: Backstabbing "friends", smokers who care not where they spout their smoke, and the fact that I am both lazy and a perfectionist - as if being a perfectionist isn’t hard enough . . .

What you plain dislike: Mass transportation (must . . . have . . . personal space . . . ) and polar co-ordinates. Oh, and vector-valued functions . . . you pretty much get the picture.

Who you admire: Still Jesus Christ . . . still the only perfect person . . . and he still isn't a perfectionist. Else I would have long burned in perdition.

What you most love to do: I guess my hobbies.

Your self-confessed flaws: I am a procrastinator, a liar, a loudmouth, a perfectionist (which gets in the way of many things), and a sloth.

What intrigues/fascinates you: Many things I do not know. One time I read the Encyclopædia Britannica article on Metaphysics just because.

What scares you: Seeing myself a few years from now. I hope I’m just being paranoid. Oh, and centipedes.

Quotation to live by:
  • Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. [James 1:21]
  • I'm trying to live a normal life, which is always hard given what I am.
  • Early to bed, early to rise--can anyone do that and not go crazy?
  • Patience is not only a virtue--it's a job description.

Additional comments: Adam is one of my alter-egos. He tried to kill me back in high school, but I made him realise killing me would kill him too. Now he torments my life.

Alice is another of my alter-ego. She rarely appears on this forum, although if you see one sentence in italics after another, one of them is bound to be her. Or if you see any writing in italics that doesn't disparage me.
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Name (that you go by): Mithalwen (real name translates into Sindarin as Adanverieth!!!!
Age: *cough* - what kind of question is that to ask a lady?
Occupation: bean-counter / ex-teacher
Future Aspirations: A more rewarding career,
Goal in life:fulfilment
Short term goals: to learn a new skill or a new language in the new year
Passion:Middle Earth
Hobbies:Psychology, surfing (net only !)
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being possibly the only person in the world to have run themselves over with a car.
Fave book: Brewer's,
Fave movie: Amelie, Priscilla
Fave sport: Swimming, Rugby
Fave store: Blackwells in Oxford, TK Maxx,
Fave music: Handel, Bach, Beethoven

What you can't stand: hypocrisy, bigotry, intolerance
What you plain dislike: milk
Who you admire: All the unknown, unsung people, who make a difference to an individual or their community. My mother and grandmother.
What you most love to do: Travel and take photographs.
Your self-confessed flaws: Sloth, procrastination,anxiety, hyper-sensitivity, flippancy
What intrigues/fascinates you: The stars
What scares you: The nature of the politicians who rule us
Quotation to live by: See the sig

Additional comments:
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Name (that you go by): Abby; Lhunardawen and its derivatives to BDers; Mel to Nilp, my junior year English teacher, and senior year Econ teacher

Age: turned 16 just 4 days ago!!! or some thousand years (I was born in the Year of Lamentation, First Age 473)

Occupation: BDer, part-time striving soon-to-be college student, full-time striving Christian

Future Aspirations: receive my inheritance and live eternally!

Goal in life: to put a smile on His face

Short-term goals: (in chronological order) live through the nightmares of my birthday, survive the even worse horrors of the upcoming prom, become a Ghost Prince(ss) on or before my second deathday, graduate from high school with honors (requires an average of at least 1.500...guess I have to pass Physics and Calculus first), get into the only university I applied for and once again be Nilp's schoolmate

Hobbies: reading anything worth reading, thinking about nothing in particular until I confuse myself with so much thoughts, scribbling furiously in my notebook, crawling on the floor laughing guts out and having a heart attack (or COFLGOHAHA), cuddling my stuffed harp seal Patty and my stuffed iridescent bunny Squishy (with the participation of Nilp, who creates the sounds), gathering weird stares (only when I'm with Nilp), Downs-ing

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): baffling a few BDers with the man behind the *sheepish grin*, too much Aragorn-swooning in the CbC threads...soon to be transferred to Faramir *evil laughter*


Fave books: Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth (the manual of life and the greatest love story of all), Tolkien's works on Middle Earth, books by Joshua Harris and Barbara Johnson, Tom Clancy's Op-Center (his only book I've read so far...thanks once again to Nilp), the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer, The Little Prince by A. S. Exupery, ..., and my Biology textbook. Believe it or not. I also looove Calvin and Hobbes. Witty little kid...plus Hobbes looks a lot like my stuffed tiger.

Fave movies: LotR, The Matrix, Lilo & Stitch, Finding Nemo, Shrek 1 & 2, Kate and Leopold, Anger Management, the Star Wars series, 50 First Dates...

Fave sports: It depends. If I'm playing: volleyball, badminton, softball (I love playing catcher), and table tennis (this one's actually quite addictive). If I'm merely a spectator: still volleyball, gymnastics (though I wish I weren't merely a spectator ), and synchronized swimming (how they do this is still beyond me).

Fave stores: National Bookstore for school supplies, Powerbooks (because I get to sit comfortably while reading a book...and yes, this is a store.), Blue Magic (where I get to cuddle and converse with more stuffed toys, provided I don't get kicked out of the store), Gift Gate (and watch Nilp build a T4 bacteriophage out of Lego), Watson's (where I can be all girly...somehow)

Fave music: Contemporary Christian, anytime! And those recommended by my auditory nerves.


What you can't stand: flying cockroaches, high-pitched scratching sounds, cigarette smoke, car fresheners and other nausea-inducing odors

What you plain dislike: having to endure endless teasing, senseless teachers, being left out

Who you admire: Jesus Christ (who still deserves so much more than my admiration), my parents, some BDers (the mods, Nil, Helen, HI, Finwe, and symestreem, to name a few)

What you most love to do: my hobbies, debating with teachers to get extra points in tests *evil grin*. Respectfully, of course (or at least I try). *more evil grin*

Your self-confessed flaws: procrastination, cramming, lack of self-confidence, and the thing HerenIstarion once ranted about here

What intrigues/fascinates you: Genetics, Biotechnology, Astronomy, Dave Marley

What scares you: the unknown

Quotation to live by:
"In this life, your glasses belong to your nose. Take it from someone who knows." Patsy Clairmont, Normal is Just a Setting On Your Dryer


Additional comment: I wonder how many times I've mentioned the Scion of The Faithful in this post...

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Name (that you go by): I am required to put "Jamie" at the top of my test papers, although on things that are unlikely to be collected I must of course write Encaitare

Age: young enough to still be in high school; old enough to remember when there was actually music on MTV

Occupation: student

Future Aspirations: to be a published author, distinguished flautist, perhaps an illustrator as well; to learn Quenya, finish HoME; ... ah, hell, I just want to do everything!

Goal in life: to find true happiness

Short term goals: learn to play the piano/clarinet/guitar

Passion: dorkiness

Hobbies: music, cartooning, reading/writing

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): umm... I'm a pretty smart girl, I suppose. And I'm second chair flute in our wind ensemble. And I'm one of the few people in the school who can write in Tengwar -- the other being my best friend and co-dork.

Fave book: Guess. Go on, guess.

Fave movie: LotR, Ed Wood, the Matrix, Plan 9 From Outer Space, Tommy, Hero
Fave sport: what is this sport thing of which you speak? Actually, I play a mean badminton.
Fave store: Hot Topic, Spencers, Utopia
Fave music: the Who, Pink Floyd, Children of Bodom, Nightwish, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Beethoven, Pachelbel

What you can't stand: those who are intolerant/closed-minded; Jerry Falwell
What you plain dislike: seafood
Who you admire: all the great composers and musicians... I wish I could be like them someday
What you most love to do: play flute and piccolo until my lips fall off, and then go online for three hours; write angsty fanfiction; draw creepy pictures
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm arrogant and have a foul mouth. Not around here, of course. Also, I spend far too much time on the computer.
What intrigues/fascinates you: nature, various belief systems, death, morbidness. Great, now you all think I'm a freak.
What scares you: being totally alone.
Quotation to live by: "Dream as though you'll live forever; live as though you'll die tomorrow."

Additional Comments: I'm a Cancer with Scorpio rising, I resent dumb blonde jokes, I'm a raging Grima fangirl, and today is my one-year anniversary with my boyfriend! Yay!

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